University of the West of Scotland

School of Business and Creative Industries

Ayr Campus

Head of Division – Arts & Media

REQ001331

SS1:  £63,668 - £73,782 per annum

Full-time, 35 Hours per week

The University of the West of Scotland (UWS) is one of the country’s largest modern universities and aims to have a transformational influence on the economic, social and cultural development of the West of Scotland, and beyond. UWS has a distinctive multi campus portfolio, with campuses in Ayr, Dumfries, Lanarkshire, London and Paisley and over 100 international partners.

In this crucial senior management role, you will provide academic leadership and management in the development and delivery of innovative, successful undergraduate and postgraduate academic programmes and in the efficient expansion of leading-edge research and knowledge exchange. You will plan, manage and lead the development of academic activity and quality in teaching, research, subject development, knowledge exchange and internationalisation. You will play the lead role in the allocation and management of workload and resource planning, developing and reviewing the performance of academic staff, uphold the values of Athena SWAN and undertake responsibilities and duties as agreed with the Deputy Dean of the School.

You will have significant experience and knowledge of quality assurance and quality enhancement systems and have an inclusive curriculum development approach that demonstrates equality as well as sharing of good practice. You will be able to demonstrate experience in successfully managing people and process either in a line or staff management capacity and exhibit heightened skills in or effective planning, organising and problem solving with excellent liaison, networking, influencing and communication skills.

You should hold a first degree in a discipline relevant to the school and ideally be qualified to doctoral level or equivalent professional qualification/experience/ creative practice. You will ideally hold membership of a relevant professional body.

For further information or an informal discussion please contact Dr Daniel Turner by email at daniel.turner@uws.ac.uk

Further information, including details of how to apply, is available at at https://jobs.uws.ac.uk/

Closing Date:             Wednesday 24^th November 2021

Interview Date:          Monday 13^th December 2021

UWS is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from underrepresented groups.

UWS is a “Disability Confident” employer.

University of the West of Scotland is a registered Scottish charity, no. SC002520